Founded in Ile-de-France by the Missler brothers at the beginning of the 1980s:
1977: Foundation of Missler Mécanique by the Missler brothers in Evry
1980: First NC system and software development with Olivetti
1983: Foundation of Missler Informatique by Michel Goujon, followed by Jean Pierre Lugarini, to develop and market the GTL3 product
1983: Missler Mécanique also becomes manufacturer of bandsaw machines
1988: Release of Surf3D, a PC software for moldmakers with a very efficient surface modeler
1990: Release of GPS, the first production management product designed for subcontractors. Missler Informatique exceeds FRF 30m in sales (approx. USD 135,000).
1992: Alliance with the Toulouse-based company Topcad, publisher of TopSolid 3D CAD software, and the Grenoble-based company Catalpa, sheet metal specialist. The idea was to develop an integrated CAD/CAM line for all mechanical engineering trades. From 1992 to 2000, the Missler Group grew very strongly, to exceed FRF 100m (approx. USD 13.5m) in sales with a staff of 130 employees.
1994: Integration of the Parasolid kernel modeler
1997: Export business begins; first success in Japan
2001: Merger of all company entities into Missler Software, managed by Michel Goujon and Christian Arber (founder of Topcad with Jean Luc Rolland)
2001: Missler Software integrates CN Industries and the GOelan line. With a total of 200 employees, annual sales now amount to USD 19 Millions.
Machine designed with TopSolid by Missler Technologies
Headquarters in Evry
CN industries
CN Industries originated in Lyons, and more precisely in a laboratory of reputed engineering school INSA, founded in 1967 by its director Paul May. He was joined in 1973 by a young INSA engineer named Dominique Laffret, and in 1977 they started up a company called CECN Industries, later to become CN Industries:
1967: Foundation of the laboratory by Paul May
1973: Development of the Elan software
1977: Foundation of CECN Industries by Paul May and Dominique Laffret
1981: Elan becomes GOelan, running interactively under HP Basic
1990: GOelan becomes the first parametric CAM software
1993: GOelan proposes the generation of manufacturing documentation
1995: Transition to 3D and the volume modeler ACIS
1996: Introduction of the TOGO concept, first parameterizable processing features
1997: Start of export business and foundation of CNI Italia in Modena and CNI GmbH in Germany
1998: Connection with all CAD software solutions thanks to OLE for DM (OLE for design and manufacturing) and native interfaces
